APPLYINGRANK POSITIONAL WEIGHT METHOD TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OFLINE BALANCING IN A HOME THEATRE INDUSTRY

Abstract

In order to improve the current situation along the production line of a Home Theatre, a method of line balancing
should be implememented. The difference of workload is the cause problem which affects the output produced. This
leads to an idle time in the production process resulting in loss of production capacity. This research uses a method
of Rank Positional Weight to solve the problem. The aim of this research is to get a proposed line with a higher
efficiency than the imbalance workload in the current situation. This research is started with collecting the time study
and calculate the standard time. Followed by calculation of efficiencies, construction of yamazumi’s chart and
precedence diagram, application of Rank Positional Weight Method, and last is calculation of efficiency of the
proposed line.
Keywords: assembly line balancing, Rank Positional Weight method, Yamazumi’s chart